Need Ideas

I am a newbie to quilting, but very enthusiastic and raring to go!!

I picked up loads of autumnal fabrics from a shopping spree a while ago and
have been stuck as to what design quilt to make. I would love to make a
small wall hanging for a dear friend of mine who is not very well. I have
lots of burnt ambers, deep burgundy reds and mustardy fabrics with leafy
prints on. I have metres and half metres of most of the fabrics (85%) with
some fat quarters thrown in.

I've taken pics of the fabrics so you can get a better idea

http://community.webshots.com/album/551700610TUCZJT

I'd love some ideas and I promise to send a pic of the finished article!

Fran
xx

Welcome to the group Fran.
There are some lovely Autumn leaves patterns about (sorry, I don't know
of any specific ones, except that Judy Martin has a couple of nice ones
in one of her books). Some are fairly simple and they do look gorgeous.
With those fabrics it would look stunning, if you had a plainish
background eg cream for all the leaves. Perhaps you could try Googling
(Images) for examples.
Jackie Robinson has a tessellation one in her book on Tessellations. It
is simple, but stylised. There are other more leaf-like ones.
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In message , Missie_M
writes
I am a newbie to quilting, but very enthusiastic and raring to go!!

I picked up loads of autumnal fabrics from a shopping spree a while ago and
have been stuck as to what design quilt to make. I would love to make a
small wall hanging for a dear friend of mine who is not very well. I have
lots of burnt ambers, deep burgundy reds and mustardy fabrics with leafy
prints on. I have metres and half metres of most of the fabrics (85%) with
some fat quarters thrown in.

I've taken pics of the fabrics so you can get a better idea

http://community.webshots.com/album/551700610TUCZJT

I'd love some ideas and I promise to send a pic of the finished article!

Fran
xx



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pat on the hill

Those are very nice fabrics! Where are you keeping them? Please be specific
and include maps.

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Wendy
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"Missie_M" wrote in message
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I am a newbie to quilting, but very enthusiastic and raring to go!!

I picked up loads of autumnal fabrics from a shopping spree a while ago
and have been stuck as to what design quilt to make. I would love to make
a small wall hanging for a dear friend of mine who is not very well. I
have lots of burnt ambers, deep burgundy reds and mustardy fabrics with
leafy prints on. I have metres and half metres of most of the fabrics
(85%) with some fat quarters thrown in.

I've taken pics of the fabrics so you can get a better idea

http://community.webshots.com/album/551700610TUCZJT

I'd love some ideas and I promise to send a pic of the finished article!

Fran
xx

Yum! Those are all my favorite colors! Just in case you don't come up
with a good way to use them, you could send them to me and I promise to
give them a good home.

Oh, yes. Welcome to the ng newbie Fran :-) There is a fairly easy
nine-patch variation called Maple Leaf that my sister is using. She is
not a newbie to sewing but this is one of her first quilt attempts.
Seems like it would fit with autumn-y colors.
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MapleLeafBlock.html

DSis is making it without the "stem", and with an HST in that square
turned to make a flat bottom to the leaf.

Anne in CA -- trying to make welcome noises and not drool all over
Fran's stash ---

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Missie_M wrote:
I am a newbie to quilting, but very enthusiastic and raring to go!!

I picked up loads of autumnal fabrics from a shopping spree a while ago and
have been stuck as to what design quilt to make. I would love to make a
small wall hanging for a dear friend of mine who is not very well. I have
lots of burnt ambers, deep burgundy reds and mustardy fabrics with leafy
prints on. I have metres and half metres of most of the fabrics (85%) with
some fat quarters thrown in.

I've taken pics of the fabrics so you can get a better idea

http://community.webshots.com/album/551700610TUCZJT

I'd love some ideas and I promise to send a pic of the finished article!

Fran
xx

In article ,
"Missie_M" wrote:

I am a newbie to quilting, but very enthusiastic and raring to go!!

I picked up loads of autumnal fabrics from a shopping spree a while ago and
have been stuck as to what design quilt to make. I would love to make a
small wall hanging for a dear friend of mine who is not very well. I have
lots of burnt ambers, deep burgundy reds and mustardy fabrics with leafy
prints on. I have metres and half metres of most of the fabrics (85%) with
some fat quarters thrown in.

I've taken pics of the fabrics so you can get a better idea

http://community.webshots.com/album/551700610TUCZJT

I'd love some ideas and I promise to send a pic of the finished article!

Fran
xx


Welcome, Missie! We're glad to see you here. After looking at your
fabrics, I think that they cry out for a maple leaf pattern. Many of
them are simple enough for a newbie to enjoy making; here's one of many
available: http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MapleLeafBlock.html. You
could use a variety of your fabrics on a cream (or even dark brown, if
you used your paler fabrics!) background.
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

Fran: The photos are not sharp, so I
can't make suggestions now. Send me half
of each piece, and I will be able to
study and advise. Meantime, welcome! Got
chocolate?
PAT in VA/USA
Official Chocolate Taster
PS: I really like Ozark Maple Leaf
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Oza...LeafBlock.html
But I prefer to make it with fewer pieces.

Missie_M wrote:
I am a newbie to quilting, but very enthusiastic and raring to go!!

I picked up loads of autumnal fabrics from a shopping spree a while ago and
have been stuck as to what design quilt to make. I would love to make a
small wall hanging for a dear friend of mine who is not very well. I have
lots of burnt ambers, deep burgundy reds and mustardy fabrics with leafy
prints on. I have metres and half metres of most of the fabrics (85%) with
some fat quarters thrown in.

I've taken pics of the fabrics so you can get a better idea

http://community.webshots.com/album/551700610TUCZJT

I'd love some ideas and I promise to send a pic of the finished article!

Fran
xx

A third vote for a maple leaf block.

Welcome to RCTQ.

Susan
aka Betsy Ross

Fran,

Welcome to the group! I love the fabric colors you have, and I think Anne
and Sandy have given you a good suggestion for a fairly easy quilt. You
could do with four squares or six, and it would be lovely.

I used the pattern (and found it easy to work with) and made a queen-size
quilt. If you'd like to take a look, here's the link:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...53114356RyuXKs
I did mine on-point, but you could use a straight setting and turn each
block a different direction so that the stems met in the middle. Just a
thought!

--
Louise in Iowa
nieland4 at mchsi dot com
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa

"Missie_M" wrote in message
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I am a newbie to quilting, but very enthusiastic and raring to go!!

I picked up loads of autumnal fabrics from a shopping spree a while ago
and have been stuck as to what design quilt to make. I would love to make
a small wall hanging for a dear friend of mine who is not very well. I
have lots of burnt ambers, deep burgundy reds and mustardy fabrics with
leafy prints on. I have metres and half metres of most of the fabrics
(85%) with some fat quarters thrown in.

I've taken pics of the fabrics so you can get a better idea

http://community.webshots.com/album/551700610TUCZJT

I'd love some ideas and I promise to send a pic of the finished article!

Fran
xx

Hi Susan and everyone

I'm not exactly a newbie to the group, I posted a few times about two years
ago shortly before I moved house. The stress of moving house triggered my
M.E. to relapse and I remained ill till August last year when I won a
holistic holiday through a competition which really seemed to help. When I
returned home I was a lot better than before the holiday, which had piqued
my interest in complementary therapies and I enrolled on a college course. I
am two days away from finishing and becoming a qualified holistic therapist
but since Easter my M.E. has been gradually creeping up on me again. Today
has actually been my worst day yet since my major relapse in 2004/2005 and I
have been forced to rest today, but in the hope of cheering myself up and
give myself something to focus on I got out all my old copies of patchwork
and quilting magazines, which then reminded me that I had all that fabric
stored in my wardrobe that I have been dying to use for two years.

So I've promised myself today that it has been put off for long enough! I
found patchwork (I never got as far as quilting before) so therapeutic that
even if this really is the start of another major relapse then on the days
when I feel up to it I can try and do a little bit and hopefully it will be
as comforting as before.

Another reason I would like to make it is that I have a very dear friend who
I would like to give something special to.

I've got tomorrow to rest up and maybe do a little cutting and stitching
before Wednesday and Thursday when I have to go into college to complete my
final assessment.

I'm definitely going with the maple leaf idea, it is absolutely ideal! I'm a
bit nervy about trying to do the stem but I'll give it a shot but I'm not
going to stress as I can always pinch Anne's sister's idea and give it a
flat bottom.

Pat.....even I am lucky to get chocolate, my five year old usually beats me
to it!!

Roberta.....I use a sewing machine but I also know some very basic stitching
techniques by hand

Wendy......thanks for making me laugh today (hugs)

Louise.....that quilt looks amazing!!! How long did it take you to make?

Fran
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"Betsy Ross" wrote in message
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A third vote for a maple leaf block.

Welcome to RCTQ.

Susan
aka Betsy Ross

Louise, I agree with Fran--that quilt is beautiful!

--
Donna in NE La.
"Louise" wrote in message
news:75Vng.1044132$xm3.906160@attbi_s21...
Fran,

Welcome to the group! I love the fabric colors you have, and I think Anne
and Sandy have given you a good suggestion for a fairly easy quilt. You
could do with four squares or six, and it would be lovely.

I used the pattern (and found it easy to work with) and made a queen-size
quilt. If you'd like to take a look, here's the link:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...53114356RyuXKs
I did mine on-point, but you could use a straight setting and turn each
block a different direction so that the stems met in the middle. Just a
thought!

--
Louise in Iowa
nieland4 at mchsi dot com
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa

"Missie_M" wrote in message
...
I am a newbie to quilting, but very enthusiastic and raring to go!!

I picked up loads of autumnal fabrics from a shopping spree a while ago
and have been stuck as to what design quilt to make. I would love to make
a small wall hanging for a dear friend of mine who is not very well. I
have lots of burnt ambers, deep burgundy reds and mustardy fabrics with
leafy prints on. I have metres and half metres of most of the fabrics
(85%) with some fat quarters thrown in.

I've taken pics of the fabrics so you can get a better idea

http://community.webshots.com/album/551700610TUCZJT

I'd love some ideas and I promise to send a pic of the finished article!

Fran
xx